Epistemology: The Nature of Knowledge · Theory of Knowledge

Skepticism and Certainty

Examining the limits of human understanding through the lens of Cartesian doubt and Buddhist emptiness.

Key Questions

  1. 1Is it possible to doubt everything including one's own existence?
  2. 2Can we be certain that an external world exists outside our minds?
  3. 3What remains when all false assumptions are stripped away?

CBSE Learning Outcomes

CBSE: Nature of Knowledge and Scepticism - Class 12
Class: Class 12
Subject: Philosophy
Unit: Epistemology: The Nature of Knowledge
Period: Theory of Knowledge

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